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-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst17
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/altcloud.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst84
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudsigma.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudstack.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/configdrive.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/digitalocean.rst6
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/e24cloud.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ec2.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/gce.rst24
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/lxd.rst65
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst10
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/opennebula.rst10
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/openstack.rst16
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst19
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/rbxcloud.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/smartos.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/upcloud.rst24
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vmware.rst358
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst35
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/zstack.rst2
23 files changed, 591 insertions, 105 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst
index 3f4f40ca..0bb9c19e 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ The Alibaba Cloud metadata service is available at the well known url
Alibaba Cloud ECS on `metadata
<https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/zh/faq-detail/49122.htm>`__.
+Configuration
+-------------
+The following configuration can be set for the datasource in system
+configuration (in ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg`` or ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/``).
+
+An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
+
+.. sourcecode:: yaml
+
+ datasource:
+ AliYun:
+ metadata_urls: ["http://100.100.100.200"]
+ timeout: 50
+ max_wait: 120
+
Versions
^^^^^^^^
Like the EC2 metadata service, Alibaba Cloud's metadata service provides
@@ -71,4 +86,4 @@ If no user-data is provided, this will return a 404.
#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello World."
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/altcloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/altcloud.rst
index 9d7e3de1..acd5e2a3 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/altcloud.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/altcloud.rst
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ For more information on Delta Cloud see: http://deltacloud.apache.org
.. _RHEVm: https://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/desktop/rhevm/
.. _vSphere: https://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/overview.html
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst
index e04c3a33..1bd03970 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/azure.rst
@@ -5,28 +5,6 @@ Azure
This datasource finds metadata and user-data from the Azure cloud platform.
-walinuxagent
-------------
-walinuxagent has several functions within images. For cloud-init
-specifically, the relevant functionality it performs is to register the
-instance with the Azure cloud platform at boot so networking will be
-permitted. For more information about the other functionality of
-walinuxagent, see `Azure's documentation
-<https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent#introduction>`_ for more details.
-(Note, however, that only one of walinuxagent's provisioning and cloud-init
-should be used to perform instance customisation.)
-
-If you are configuring walinuxagent yourself, you will want to ensure that you
-have `Provisioning.UseCloudInit
-<https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent#provisioningusecloudinit>`_ set to
-``y``.
-
-
-Builtin Agent
--------------
-An alternative to using walinuxagent to register to the Azure cloud platform
-is to use the ``__builtin__`` agent command. This section contains more
-background on what that code path does, and how to enable it.
The Azure cloud platform provides initial data to an instance via an attached
CD formatted in UDF. That CD contains a 'ovf-env.xml' file that provides some
@@ -41,16 +19,6 @@ by calling a script in /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks or a file in
'dhclient_hook' of cloud-init itself. This sub-command will write the client
information in json format to /run/cloud-init/dhclient.hook/<interface>.json.
-In order for cloud-init to leverage this method to find the endpoint, the
-cloud.cfg file must contain:
-
-.. sourcecode:: yaml
-
- datasource:
- Azure:
- set_hostname: False
- agent_command: __builtin__
-
If those files are not available, the fallback is to check the leases file
for the endpoint server (again option 245).
@@ -83,9 +51,6 @@ configuration (in ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg`` or ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/``).
The settings that may be configured are:
- * **agent_command**: Either __builtin__ (default) or a command to run to getcw
- metadata. If __builtin__, get metadata from walinuxagent. Otherwise run the
- provided command to obtain metadata.
* **apply_network_config**: Boolean set to True to use network configuration
described by Azure's IMDS endpoint instead of fallback network config of
dhcp on eth0. Default is True. For Ubuntu 16.04 or earlier, default is
@@ -95,20 +60,6 @@ The settings that may be configured are:
custom DHCP option 245 from Azure fabric.
* **disk_aliases**: A dictionary defining which device paths should be
interpreted as ephemeral images. See cc_disk_setup module for more info.
- * **hostname_bounce**: A dictionary Azure hostname bounce behavior to react to
- metadata changes. The '``hostname_bounce: command``' entry can be either
- the literal string 'builtin' or a command to execute. The command will be
- invoked after the hostname is set, and will have the 'interface' in its
- environment. If ``set_hostname`` is not true, then ``hostname_bounce``
- will be ignored. An example might be:
-
- ``command: ["sh", "-c", "killall dhclient; dhclient $interface"]``
-
- * **hostname_bounce**: A dictionary Azure hostname bounce behavior to react to
- metadata changes. Azure will throttle ifup/down in some cases after metadata
- has been updated to inform dhcp server about updated hostnames.
- * **set_hostname**: Boolean set to True when we want Azure to set the hostname
- based on metadata.
Configuration for the datasource can also be read from a
``dscfg`` entry in the ``LinuxProvisioningConfigurationSet``. Content in
@@ -121,18 +72,11 @@ An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
datasource:
Azure:
- agent_command: __builtin__
apply_network_config: true
data_dir: /var/lib/waagent
dhclient_lease_file: /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth0.leases
disk_aliases:
ephemeral0: /dev/disk/cloud/azure_resource
- hostname_bounce:
- interface: eth0
- command: builtin
- policy: true
- hostname_command: hostname
- set_hostname: true
Userdata
@@ -144,9 +88,7 @@ child of the ``LinuxProvisioningConfigurationSet`` (a sibling to ``UserName``)
If both ``UserData`` and ``CustomData`` are provided behavior is undefined on
which will be selected.
-In the example below, user-data provided is 'this is my userdata', and the
-datasource config provided is ``{"agent_command": ["start", "walinuxagent"]}``.
-That agent command will take affect as if it were specified in system config.
+In the example below, user-data provided is 'this is my userdata'
Example:
@@ -184,21 +126,17 @@ The hostname is provided to the instance in the ovf-env.xml file as
Whatever value the instance provides in its dhcp request will resolve in the
domain returned in the 'search' request.
-The interesting issue is that a generic image will already have a hostname
-configured. The ubuntu cloud images have 'ubuntu' as the hostname of the
-system, and the initial dhcp request on eth0 is not guaranteed to occur after
-the datasource code has been run. So, on first boot, that initial value will
-be sent in the dhcp request and *that* value will resolve.
-
-In order to make the ``HostName`` provided in the ovf-env.xml resolve, a
-dhcp request must be made with the new value. Walinuxagent (in its current
-version) handles this by polling the state of hostname and bouncing ('``ifdown
-eth0; ifup eth0``' the network interface if it sees that a change has been
-made.
+A generic image will already have a hostname configured. The ubuntu
+cloud images have 'ubuntu' as the hostname of the system, and the
+initial dhcp request on eth0 is not guaranteed to occur after the
+datasource code has been run. So, on first boot, that initial value
+will be sent in the dhcp request and *that* value will resolve.
-cloud-init handles this by setting the hostname in the DataSource's 'get_data'
-method via '``hostname $HostName``', and then bouncing the interface. This
+In order to make the ``HostName`` provided in the ovf-env.xml resolve,
+a dhcp request must be made with the new value. cloud-init handles
+this by setting the hostname in the DataSource's 'get_data' method via
+'``hostname $HostName``', and then bouncing the interface. This
behavior can be configured or disabled in the datasource config. See
'Configuration' above.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudsigma.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudsigma.rst
index 86b834c8..dee665a4 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudsigma.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudsigma.rst
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ value. If this field does not exist the default value is "net".
.. _server context: http://cloudsigma-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/server_context.html
.. _meta field: http://cloudsigma-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/meta.html
.. _config formats: http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/format.html
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudstack.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudstack.rst
index a24de34f..e889ab6e 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudstack.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/cloudstack.rst
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
CloudStack:
max_wait: 120
timeout: 50
- datasource_list:
- - CloudStack
.. _Apache CloudStack: http://cloudstack.apache.org/
.. _CloudStack Administrator Guide: http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-administration/en/latest/virtual_machines.html#user-data-and-meta-data
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/configdrive.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/configdrive.rst
index 4fcbccee..ecc37df6 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/configdrive.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/configdrive.rst
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ what all can be present here.
.. _iso9660: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
.. _vfat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
.. _the config drive extension: https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/admin/config-drive.html
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/digitalocean.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/digitalocean.rst
index 88f1e5f5..801841c1 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/digitalocean.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/digitalocean.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.. _datasource_digital_ocean:
-Digital Ocean
-=============
+DigitalOcean
+============
The `DigitalOcean`_ datasource consumes the content served from DigitalOcean's
`metadata service`_. This metadata service serves information about the
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ DigitalOcean's datasource can be configured as follows:
.. _metadata service: https://developers.digitalocean.com/metadata/
.. _Full documentation: https://developers.digitalocean.com/metadata/
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/e24cloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/e24cloud.rst
index de9a4127..2af6634b 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/e24cloud.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/e24cloud.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
E24Cloud
========
-`E24Cloud <https://www.e24cloud.com/en/>` platform provides an AWS Ec2 metadata
+`E24Cloud <https://www.e24cloud.com/en/>`_ platform provides an AWS Ec2 metadata
service clone. It identifies itself to guests using the dmi
system-manufacturer (/sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor).
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ec2.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ec2.rst
index 274ca1e4..94e4158d 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ec2.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ec2.rst
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ Notes
For example: the primary NIC will have a DHCP route-metric of 100,
the next NIC will be 200.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst
index 2b133fcd..03658f54 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/fallback.rst
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ will be so that the user is not left with an inaccessible instance.
**Note:** the instance id that this datasource provides is
``iid-datasource-none``.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/gce.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/gce.rst
index 8406695c..70aefea2 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/gce.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/gce.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@ to provide ``public-keys``.
``user-data`` and ``user-data-encoding`` can be provided to cloud-init by
setting those custom metadata keys for an *instance*.
+Configuration
+-------------
+The following configuration can be set for the datasource in system
+configuration (in `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg` or `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/`).
+
+The settings that may be configured are:
+
+ * **retries**: The number of retries that should be done for an http request.
+ This value is used only after metadata_url is selected. (default: 5)
+ * **sec_between_retries**: The amount of wait time between the retries when
+ crawling the metadata service. (default: 1)
+
+
+An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
+
+.. sourcecode:: yaml
+
+ datasource:
+ GCE:
+ retries: 5
+ sec_between_retries: 1
+
.. _GCE metadata docs: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata#querying
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/lxd.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/lxd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa2dcf5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/lxd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+.. _datasource_lxd:
+
+LXD
+===
+
+The data source ``LXD`` allows the user to provide custom user-data,
+vendor-data, meta-data and network-config to the instance without running
+a network service (or even without having a network at all). This datasource
+performs HTTP GETs against the `LXD socket device`_ which is provided to each
+running LXD container and VM as ``/dev/lxd/sock`` and represents all
+instance-metadata as versioned HTTP routes such as:
+
+ - 1.0/meta-data
+ - 1.0/config/user.meta-data
+ - 1.0/config/user.vendor-data
+ - 1.0/config/user.user-data
+ - 1.0/config/user.<any-custom-key>
+
+The LXD socket device ``/dev/lxd/sock`` is only present on containers and VMs
+when the instance configuration has ``security.devlxd=true`` (default).
+Disabling ``security.devlxd`` configuration setting at initial launch will
+ensure that cloud-init uses the :ref:`datasource_nocloud` datasource.
+Disabling ``security.devlxd`` ove the life of the container will result in
+warnings from cloud-init and cloud-init will keep the originally detected LXD
+datasource.
+
+The LXD datasource provides cloud-init the opportunity to react to meta-data,
+vendor-data, user-data and network-config changes and render the updated
+configuration across a system reboot.
+
+One can manipulate what meta-data, vendor-data or user-data is provided to
+the launched container using the LXD profiles or
+``lxc launch ... -c <key>="<value>"`` at initial container launch using one of
+the following keys:
+
+ - user.meta-data: YAML metadata which will be appended to base meta-data
+ - user.vendor-data: YAML which overrides any meta-data values
+ - user.network-config: YAML representing either :ref:`network_config_v1` or
+ :ref:`network_config_v2` format
+ - user.user-data: YAML which takes preference and overrides both meta-data
+ and vendor-data values
+ - user.any-key: Custom user configuration key and value pairs can be passed to
+ cloud-init. Those keys/values will be present in instance-data which can be
+ used by both `#template: jinja` #cloud-config templates and
+ the `cloud-init query` command.
+
+
+By default, network configuration from this datasource will be:
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+ version: 1
+ config:
+ - type: physical
+ name: eth0
+ subnets:
+ - type: dhcp
+ control: auto
+
+This datasource is intended to replace :ref:`datasource_nocloud`
+datasource for LXD instances with a more direct support for LXD APIs instead
+of static NoCloud seed files.
+
+.. _LXD socket device: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/docs/master/dev-lxd
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst
index 0ca79102..d31f5d0f 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/nocloud.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ These user-data and meta-data files are expected to be in the following format.
/user-data
/meta-data
-Basically, user-data is simply user-data and meta-data is a yaml formatted file
+Both files are required to be present for it to be considered a valid seed ISO.
+
+Basically, user-data is simply user-data and meta-data is a YAML formatted file
representing what you'd find in the EC2 metadata service.
You may also optionally provide a vendor-data file in the following format.
@@ -113,11 +115,11 @@ Example metadata:
Network configuration can also be provided to cloud-init in either
:ref:`network_config_v1` or :ref:`network_config_v2` by providing that
-yaml formatted data in a file named ``network-config``. If found,
+YAML formatted data in a file named ``network-config``. If found,
this file will override a ``network-interfaces`` file.
See an example below. Note specifically that this file does not
-have a top level ``network`` key as it it is already assumed to
+have a top level ``network`` key as it is already assumed to
be network configuration based on the filename.
.. code:: yaml
@@ -149,4 +151,4 @@ be network configuration based on the filename.
.. _iso9660: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
.. _vfat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/opennebula.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/opennebula.rst
index 350a3e93..65570a53 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/opennebula.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/opennebula.rst
@@ -69,13 +69,21 @@ Datasource mode configuration override. Values: local, net, disabled.
ETH<x>_NETWORK
ETH<x>_MASK
ETH<x>_GATEWAY
+ ETH<x>_GATEWAY6
ETH<x>_DOMAIN
ETH<x>_DNS
+ ETH<x>_SEARCH_DOMAIN
+ ETH<x>_MTU
+ ETH<x>_IP6
+ ETH<x>_IP6_ULA
+ ETH<x>_IP6_PREFIX_LENGTH
+ ETH<x>_IP6_GATEWAY
Static `network configuration`_.
::
+ SET_HOSTNAME
HOSTNAME
Instance hostname.
@@ -145,4 +153,4 @@ Example VM's context section
.. _contextualizing VMs: http://opennebula.org/documentation:documentation:cong
.. _network configuration: http://opennebula.org/documentation:documentation:cong#network_configuration
.. _iso9660: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/openstack.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/openstack.rst
index b23b4b7c..f523c142 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/openstack.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/openstack.rst
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Discovery
To determine whether a platform looks like it may be OpenStack, cloud-init
checks the following environment attributes as a potential OpenStack platform:
- * Maybe OpenStack if
+ * Maybe OpenStack if:
* **non-x86 cpu architecture**: because DMI data is buggy on some arches
- * Is OpenStack **if x86 architecture and ANY** of the following
+ * Is OpenStack **if x86 architecture and ANY** of the following:
* **/proc/1/environ**: Nova-lxd contains *product_name=OpenStack Nova*
* **DMI product_name**: Either *Openstack Nova* or *OpenStack Compute*
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The settings that may be configured are:
* **metadata_urls**: This list of urls will be searched for an OpenStack
metadata service. The first entry that successfully returns a 200 response
- for <url>/openstack will be selected. (default: ['http://169.254.169.254']).
+ for <url>/openstack will be selected. (default: ['http://169.254.169.254'])
* **max_wait**: the maximum amount of clock time in seconds that should be
spent searching metadata_urls. A value less than zero will result in only
one request being made, to the first in the list. (default: -1)
@@ -82,4 +82,12 @@ For more general information about how cloud-init handles vendor data,
including how it can be disabled by users on instances, see
:doc:`/topics/vendordata`.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+OpenStack can also be configured to provide 'dynamic vendordata'
+which is provided by the DynamicJSON provider and appears under a
+different metadata path, /vendor_data2.json.
+
+Cloud-init will look for a ``cloud-init`` at the vendor_data2 path; if found,
+settings are applied after (and, hence, overriding) the settings from static
+vendor data. Both sets of vendor data can be overridden by user data.
+
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
index 98c4657c..7e480021 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
configure_secondary_nics: false
.. _Oracle Compute Infrastructure: https://cloud.oracle.com/
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
index 6256e624..d6eb75da 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/ovf.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ source code tree in doc/sources/ovf
Configuration
-------------
+The following configuration can be set for the datasource in system
+configuration (in `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg` or `/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/`).
+
+The settings that may be configured are:
+
+ * disable_vmware_customization: disable or enable the vmware customization
+ based on vmware customization files. (default: True)
+ * allow_raw_data: enable or disable the vmware customization based on raw
+ cloud-init data including metadata and userdata. (default: True)
+ * vmware_cust_file_max_wait: the maximum amount of clock time in seconds that
+ should be spent waiting for vmware customization files. (default: 15)
+
+
On VMware platforms, VMTools use is required for OVF datasource configuration
settings as well as vCloud and vSphere admin configuration. User could change
the VMTools configuration options with command::
@@ -26,8 +39,8 @@ The following VMTools configuration options affect cloud-init's behavior on a bo
change this default behavior (for example: enabled by default) via
customization specification settings.
-VMWare admin can refer to (https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/master/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py) and set the customization specification settings.
+VMWare admin can refer to (https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/blob/main/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py) and set the customization specification settings.
-For more information, see [VMware vSphere Product Documentation](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-9A5093A5-C54F-4502-941B-3F9C0F573A39.html) and specific VMTools parameters consumed.
+For more information, see `VMware vSphere Product Documentation <https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-9A5093A5-C54F-4502-941B-3F9C0F573A39.html>`_ and specific VMTools parameters consumed.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/rbxcloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/rbxcloud.rst
index 52ec02ff..c4b3f2d0 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/rbxcloud.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/rbxcloud.rst
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ is restarted, if the partition exists. For more information see
.. _HyperOne Virtual Machine docs: http://www.hyperone.com/
.. _FAT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/smartos.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/smartos.rst
index be11dfbb..55604ffb 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/smartos.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/smartos.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SmartOS Platform
The SmartOS virtualization platform uses meta-data to the instance via the
second serial console. On Linux, this is /dev/ttyS1. The data is a provided
via a simple protocol: something queries for the data, the console responds
-responds with the status and if "SUCCESS" returns until a single ".\n".
+with the status and if "SUCCESS" returns until a single ".\n".
New versions of the SmartOS tooling will include support for base64 encoded
data.
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ You can control the disk_setup then in 2 ways:
See doc/examples/cloud-config-disk-setup.txt for information on disk_setup.
-.. vi: textwidth=78
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/upcloud.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/upcloud.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75f438ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/upcloud.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.. _datasource_upcloud:
+
+UpCloud
+=============
+
+The `UpCloud`_ datasource consumes information from UpCloud's `metadata
+service`_. This metadata service serves information about the
+running server via HTTP over the address 169.254.169.254 available in every
+DHCP-configured interface. The metadata API endpoints are fully described in
+UpCloud API documentation at
+`https://developers.upcloud.com/1.3/8-servers/#metadata-service
+<https://developers.upcloud.com/1.3/8-servers/#metadata-service>`_.
+
+Providing user-data
+-------------------
+
+When creating a server, user-data is provided by specifying it as `user_data`
+in the API or via the server creation tool in the control panel. User-data is
+immutable during server's lifetime and can be removed by deleting the server.
+
+.. _UpCloud: https://upcloud.com/
+.. _metadata service: https://upcloud.com/community/tutorials/upcloud-metadata-service/
+
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vmware.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vmware.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1f48117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vmware.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+.. _datasource_vmware:
+
+VMware
+======
+
+This datasource is for use with systems running on a VMware platform such as
+vSphere and currently supports the following data transports:
+
+
+* `GuestInfo <https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/blob/master/govc/USAGE.md#vmchange>`_ keys
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The configuration method is dependent upon the transport:
+
+GuestInfo Keys
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+One method of providing meta, user, and vendor data is by setting the following
+key/value pairs on a VM's ``extraConfig`` `property <https://vdc-repo.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/723e7f8b-4f21-448b-a830-5f22fd931b01/5a8257bd-7f41-4423-9a73-03307535bd42/doc/vim.vm.ConfigInfo.html>`_:
+
+.. list-table::
+ :header-rows: 1
+
+ * - Property
+ - Description
+ * - ``guestinfo.metadata``
+ - A YAML or JSON document containing the cloud-init metadata.
+ * - ``guestinfo.metadata.encoding``
+ - The encoding type for ``guestinfo.metadata``.
+ * - ``guestinfo.userdata``
+ - A YAML document containing the cloud-init user data.
+ * - ``guestinfo.userdata.encoding``
+ - The encoding type for ``guestinfo.userdata``.
+ * - ``guestinfo.vendordata``
+ - A YAML document containing the cloud-init vendor data.
+ * - ``guestinfo.vendordata.encoding``
+ - The encoding type for ``guestinfo.vendordata``.
+
+
+All ``guestinfo.*.encoding`` values may be set to ``base64`` or
+``gzip+base64``.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+This section reviews several features available in this datasource, regardless
+of how the meta, user, and vendor data was discovered.
+
+Instance data and lazy networks
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+One of the hallmarks of cloud-init is `its use of instance-data and JINJA
+queries <../instancedata.html#using-instance-data>`_
+-- the ability to write queries in user and vendor data that reference runtime
+information present in ``/run/cloud-init/instance-data.json``. This works well
+when the metadata provides all of the information up front, such as the network
+configuration. For systems that rely on DHCP, however, this information may not
+be available when the metadata is persisted to disk.
+
+This datasource ensures that even if the instance is using DHCP to configure
+networking, the same details about the configured network are available in
+``/run/cloud-init/instance-data.json`` as if static networking was used. This
+information collected at runtime is easy to demonstrate by executing the
+datasource on the command line. From the root of this repository, run the
+following command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ PYTHONPATH="$(pwd)" python3 cloudinit/sources/DataSourceVMware.py
+
+The above command will result in output similar to the below JSON:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+ {
+ "hostname": "akutz.localhost",
+ "local-hostname": "akutz.localhost",
+ "local-ipv4": "192.168.0.188",
+ "local_hostname": "akutz.localhost",
+ "network": {
+ "config": {
+ "dhcp": true
+ },
+ "interfaces": {
+ "by-ipv4": {
+ "172.0.0.2": {
+ "netmask": "255.255.255.255",
+ "peer": "172.0.0.2"
+ },
+ "192.168.0.188": {
+ "broadcast": "192.168.0.255",
+ "mac": "64:4b:f0:18:9a:21",
+ "netmask": "255.255.255.0"
+ }
+ },
+ "by-ipv6": {
+ "fd8e:d25e:c5b6:1:1f5:b2fd:8973:22f2": {
+ "flags": 208,
+ "mac": "64:4b:f0:18:9a:21",
+ "netmask": "ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::/64"
+ }
+ },
+ "by-mac": {
+ "64:4b:f0:18:9a:21": {
+ "ipv4": [
+ {
+ "addr": "192.168.0.188",
+ "broadcast": "192.168.0.255",
+ "netmask": "255.255.255.0"
+ }
+ ],
+ "ipv6": [
+ {
+ "addr": "fd8e:d25e:c5b6:1:1f5:b2fd:8973:22f2",
+ "flags": 208,
+ "netmask": "ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::/64"
+ }
+ ]
+ },
+ "ac:de:48:00:11:22": {
+ "ipv6": []
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "wait-on-network": {
+ "ipv4": true,
+ "ipv6": "false"
+ }
+ }
+
+
+Redacting sensitive information
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Sometimes the cloud-init userdata might contain sensitive information, and it
+may be desirable to have the ``guestinfo.userdata`` key (or other guestinfo
+keys) redacted as soon as its data is read by the datasource. This is possible
+by adding the following to the metadata:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ redact: # formerly named cleanup-guestinfo, which will also work
+ - userdata
+ - vendordata
+
+When the above snippet is added to the metadata, the datasource will iterate
+over the elements in the ``redact`` array and clear each of the keys. For
+example, when the guestinfo transport is used, the above snippet will cause
+the following commands to be executed:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+ vmware-rpctool "info-set guestinfo.userdata ---"
+ vmware-rpctool "info-set guestinfo.userdata.encoding "
+ vmware-rpctool "info-set guestinfo.vendordata ---"
+ vmware-rpctool "info-set guestinfo.vendordata.encoding "
+
+Please note that keys are set to the valid YAML string ``---`` as it is not
+possible remove an existing key from the guestinfo key-space. A key's analogous
+encoding property will be set to a single white-space character, causing the
+datasource to treat the actual key value as plain-text, thereby loading it as
+an empty YAML doc (hence the aforementioned ``---``\ ).
+
+Reading the local IP addresses
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This datasource automatically discovers the local IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for
+a guest operating system based on the default routes. However, when inspecting
+a VM externally, it's not possible to know what the *default* IP address is for
+the guest OS. That's why this datasource sets the discovered, local IPv4 and
+IPv6 addresses back in the guestinfo namespace as the following keys:
+
+
+* ``guestinfo.local-ipv4``
+* ``guestinfo.local-ipv6``
+
+It is possible that a host may not have any default, local IP addresses. It's
+also possible the reported, local addresses are link-local addresses. But these
+two keys may be used to discover what this datasource determined were the local
+IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for a host.
+
+Waiting on the network
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Sometimes cloud-init may bring up the network, but it will not finish coming
+online before the datasource's ``setup`` function is called, resulting in an
+``/var/run/cloud-init/instance-data.json`` file that does not have the correct
+network information. It is possible to instruct the datasource to wait until an
+IPv4 or IPv6 address is available before writing the instance data with the
+following metadata properties:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ wait-on-network:
+ ipv4: true
+ ipv6: true
+
+If either of the above values are true, then the datasource will sleep for a
+second, check the network status, and repeat until one or both addresses from
+the specified families are available.
+
+Walkthrough
+-----------
+
+The following series of steps is a demonstration on how to configure a VM with
+this datasource:
+
+
+#. Create the metadata file for the VM. Save the following YAML to a file named
+ ``metadata.yaml``\ :
+
+ .. code-block:: yaml
+
+ instance-id: cloud-vm
+ local-hostname: cloud-vm
+ network:
+ version: 2
+ ethernets:
+ nics:
+ match:
+ name: ens*
+ dhcp4: yes
+
+#. Create the userdata file ``userdata.yaml``\ :
+
+ .. code-block:: yaml
+
+ #cloud-config
+
+ users:
+ - default
+ - name: akutz
+ primary_group: akutz
+ sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
+ groups: sudo, wheel
+ lock_passwd: true
+ ssh_authorized_keys:
+ - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAACAQDE0c5FczvcGSh/tG4iw+Fhfi/O5/EvUM/96js65tly4++YTXK1d9jcznPS5ruDlbIZ30oveCBd3kT8LLVFwzh6hepYTf0YmCTpF4eDunyqmpCXDvVscQYRXyasEm5olGmVe05RrCJSeSShAeptv4ueIn40kZKOghinGWLDSZG4+FFfgrmcMCpx5YSCtX2gvnEYZJr0czt4rxOZuuP7PkJKgC/mt2PcPjooeX00vAj81jjU2f3XKrjjz2u2+KIt9eba+vOQ6HiC8c2IzRkUAJ5i1atLy8RIbejo23+0P4N2jjk17QySFOVHwPBDTYb0/0M/4ideeU74EN/CgVsvO6JrLsPBR4dojkV5qNbMNxIVv5cUwIy2ThlLgqpNCeFIDLCWNZEFKlEuNeSQ2mPtIO7ETxEL2Cz5y/7AIuildzYMc6wi2bofRC8HmQ7rMXRWdwLKWsR0L7SKjHblIwarxOGqLnUI+k2E71YoP7SZSlxaKi17pqkr0OMCF+kKqvcvHAQuwGqyumTEWOlH6TCx1dSPrW+pVCZSHSJtSTfDW2uzL6y8k10MT06+pVunSrWo5LHAXcS91htHV1M1UrH/tZKSpjYtjMb5+RonfhaFRNzvj7cCE1f3Kp8UVqAdcGBTtReoE8eRUT63qIxjw03a7VwAyB2w+9cu1R9/vAo8SBeRqw== sakutz@gmail.com
+
+#. Please note this step requires that the VM be powered off. All of the
+ commands below use the VMware CLI tool, `govc <https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/blob/master/govc>`_.
+
+ Go ahead and assign the path to the VM to the environment variable ``VM``\ :
+
+ .. code-block:: shell
+
+ export VM="/inventory/path/to/the/vm"
+
+#. Power off the VM:
+
+ .. raw:: html
+
+ <hr />
+
+ &#x26a0;&#xfe0f; <strong>First Boot Mode</strong>
+
+ To ensure the next power-on operation results in a first-boot scenario for
+ cloud-init, it may be necessary to run the following command just before
+ powering off the VM:
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ cloud-init clean
+
+ Otherwise cloud-init may not run in first-boot mode. For more information
+ on how the boot mode is determined, please see the
+ `First Boot Documentation <../boot.html#first-boot-determination>`_.
+
+ .. raw:: html
+
+ <hr />
+
+ .. code-block:: shell
+
+ govc vm.power -off "${VM}"
+
+#.
+ Export the environment variables that contain the cloud-init metadata and
+ userdata:
+
+ .. code-block:: shell
+
+ export METADATA=$(gzip -c9 <metadata.yaml | { base64 -w0 2>/dev/null || base64; }) \
+ USERDATA=$(gzip -c9 <userdata.yaml | { base64 -w0 2>/dev/null || base64; })
+
+#.
+ Assign the metadata and userdata to the VM:
+
+ .. code-block:: shell
+
+ govc vm.change -vm "${VM}" \
+ -e guestinfo.metadata="${METADATA}" \
+ -e guestinfo.metadata.encoding="gzip+base64" \
+ -e guestinfo.userdata="${USERDATA}" \
+ -e guestinfo.userdata.encoding="gzip+base64"
+
+ Please note the above commands include specifying the encoding for the
+ properties. This is important as it informs the datasource how to decode
+ the data for cloud-init. Valid values for ``metadata.encoding`` and
+ ``userdata.encoding`` include:
+
+
+ * ``base64``
+ * ``gzip+base64``
+
+#.
+ Power on the VM:
+
+ .. code-block:: shell
+
+ govc vm.power -vm "${VM}" -on
+
+If all went according to plan, the CentOS box is:
+
+* Locked down, allowing SSH access only for the user in the userdata
+* Configured for a dynamic IP address via DHCP
+* Has a hostname of ``cloud-vm``
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+This section reviews common configurations:
+
+Setting the hostname
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The hostname is set by way of the metadata key ``local-hostname``.
+
+Setting the instance ID
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The instance ID may be set by way of the metadata key ``instance-id``. However,
+if this value is absent then the instance ID is read from the file
+``/sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid``.
+
+Providing public SSH keys
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The public SSH keys may be set by way of the metadata key ``public-keys-data``.
+Each newline-terminated string will be interpreted as a separate SSH public
+key, which will be placed in distro's default user's
+``~/.ssh/authorized_keys``. If the value is empty or absent, then nothing will
+be written to ``~/.ssh/authorized_keys``.
+
+Configuring the network
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The network is configured by setting the metadata key ``network`` with a value
+consistent with Network Config Versions
+`1 <../network-config-format-v1.html>`_ or
+`2 <../network-config-format-v2.html>`_\ , depending on the Linux
+distro's version of cloud-init.
+
+The metadata key ``network.encoding`` may be used to indicate the format of
+the metadata key "network". Valid encodings are ``base64`` and ``gzip+base64``.
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8601700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+.. _datasource_vultr:
+
+Vultr
+=====
+
+The `Vultr`_ datasource retrieves basic configuration values from the locally
+accessible `metadata service`_. All data is served over HTTP from the address
+169.254.169.254. The endpoints are documented in
+`https://www.vultr.com/metadata/
+<https://www.vultr.com/metadata/>`_
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Vultr's datasource can be configured as follows:
+
+ datasource:
+ Vultr:
+ url: 'http://169.254.169.254'
+ retries: 3
+ timeout: 2
+ wait: 2
+
+- *url*: The URL used to acquire the metadata configuration from
+- *retries*: Determines the number of times to attempt to connect to the
+ metadata service
+- *timeout*: Determines the timeout in seconds to wait for a response from the
+ metadata service
+- *wait*: Determines the timeout in seconds to wait before retrying after
+ accessible failure
+
+.. _Vultr: https://www.vultr.com/
+.. _metadata service: https://www.vultr.com/metadata/
+
+.. vi: textwidth=79
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/zstack.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/zstack.rst
index 93a2791c..6630ad9f 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/zstack.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/zstack.rst
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ Same as EC2, instance userdata can be queried at
user_data
password
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+.. vi: textwidth=79